3.1.1 Change of State Relationships
The state relationship towards other nations can be changed any time. This command is written in section -23- of the turn sheet.
Command: (Nation Code)/(new relationship)Example:H/1
You just declared war on Holland.
You cannot change a relationship by more than a factor of two at a time; i.e. you cannot change an Alliance relationship directly to 'War'. So if you have an Alliance(4) with another country, then you would first have to change the relationship to Neutral(2) and then change it to War(1) the next round. If, however, you are currently at Trade(3) then you can drop directly to War(1).
Exception: if another nation declared war on you then you can declare war back without having to follow the above rule.
Relationships between countries are not ‘mutual’, i.e. if France is allied to Spain, it does not necessarily follow that Spain is allied to France... Each country’s relationships are specific to itself and are not dependent on the relationship of any other country to them.
Note: You cannot attack another Empire before May 1808, although you may declare war in April 1808. This allows all nations to build up their economy and prevents pre-emptive strikes on undefended territory. However, neutral territory(? on political map) can be captured from January 1808 (see 6.4.1.1.1., p47).
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